AWH Colour Creations Blog Hop #35 Misty Moonlight

Misty Moonlight with Friendly Seagulls Slimline

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the Art with Heart Colour Creations Blog Hop. We are working though the Stampin' Up! colours in alphabetical order, focussing on one colour each week.

This week’s Blog Hop is focussing on a muted deep blue colour called Misty Moonlight.  Misty Moonlight is part of the Neutrals Colour Family and is a dark blue that is not as dark as Night of Navy. Sitting within the Neutrals Colour Family recognises that this colour can coordinate with  many colours, whether other blues, neutrals, brights, pinks, purples, yellows or ….  It would be wonderful for sea, sea themes, water, a monochromatic theme, and so much more. 

Life has been quite topsy turvey at present and I’ve had many interruptions so this blog post will be short until I can fill out more details in the days ahead.

Here is my card featuring Misty Moonlight:

Friendly Seagulls is a stamp set that can be earnt during January and February 2025 as a Saleabration item when $100 is spent on current products with Stampin’ Up! or through your SU demonstrator. I love this set of quirky seagulls who adore stealing chips (or is that fries). The “Thinking of you” sentiment is from the Everyday Greetings stamp set - it’s an Online Exclusive stamp set.

As mentioned above, Misty Moonlight reminds me of sea themes so I thought I would use it with the cute seagulls. I started by creating a background panel using window sheet, Misty Moonlight Stampin’ Blends Combo, together with Boho Blue, Blueberry Bushel and touches of Balmy Blue Blends combos. Patches of Blends were scribbled on the window sheet, then 90% Isopropyl Alcohol was first misted and then splattered over the coloured window sheet. It was left to dry. The seagulls, chips, etc were stamped in Smoky Slate Classic Stampin’ ink and then coloured with Stampin’ Blends, ie Smoky Slate, Calypso Coral, Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blends combos plus the Colour Blender. This is a stand alone stamp-set, so the images were all fussy cut.

Stylish Shape dies were used to cut the 3 circles from Basic White card-stock - I love the stitched edge. They were each coloured using Blending Brushes and Basic Beige for sand, Balmy Blue for sky and Misty Moonlight for the sea. A die from the Beach Day dies cut an edge on scrap paper and this was used to create the sea skyline. Seagulls were stamped in Smoky Slate ink. The wooden poles were created with scraps of the Country Woods Designer Series Paper. 

“Hey Friend” was white heat embossed using Misty Moonlight card-stock and Wow White Emboss Powder. The sentiment from the Everyday Greetings stamp set was stamped in Misty Moonlight ink on Basic White card-stock. The final touches - a few Misty Moonlight Tinsel Gems Three-pack were scattered around the sentiments and some Misty Moonlight splatters added using a Stampin’ Write Marker.

A Basic White card inner was simply stamped in Smoky Slate ink with a seagull and shells. A slimline envelope was made using a couple of designs from the Country Woods DSP. I ran out of time, so I will need to die cut a rectangle shape in Basic White card-stock and adhere it to the front of the slim-line envelope for writing the recipient’s address.

Thank you for dropping in to check out my Misty Moonlight creation.

To continue with the blog hop just click the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of a lovely friend and fellow-demo Rachel Palmieri. I am looking forward to checking out Rachel’s creation(s) - I wonder what she has made? I do love seeing everyone’s' projects - there is always so much inspiration.

This is the first Blog Hop for 2025 as we continue the weekly 2024-2025 Colour Creations Blog Hop series.   Join us again next Wednesday evening to see our Moody Mauve creations.

I hope you enjoyed a special Christmas and New Year and are looking forward to seeing what 2025 will bring. Stay well, stay safe and be kind to yourself this year.

Andrea 💕🐾

If you find a broken link or would like to view the full list of participants go to Catherine Proctor’s blog @ What Cathy Made. Cathy is our wonderful Art With Heart Team Colour Creations Coordinator.  She is a special lady. Check out her amazing creation while you are there.

Living in Australia, don't already have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and would like your own copy of the Stampin' Up 2024-2025 Annual Catalogue or the January-April Mini Catalogue & the Saleabration Brochure then let me know and I will be delighted to send them to you.  

Please don't hesitate to make contact with any other queries about this project or Stampin' Up! 

#colourcreationsbloghop  #stampinup #stampinupaustralia #stampinupsouthpacific #stampinupdemo  #handmadecards  #stampinupdemonstrator  #papercrafting   #friendlyseagulls  #everydaygreetings  #beachday

AWHT Colour Creations #29 Misty Moonlight

Misty Moonlight with Watercolour and For Unto Us

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the Art with Heart 2021-2022 Colour Creations Blog Hop. This is the final Colour Creations Blog Hop for 2021 - wow, where has the year gone???

This week’s Blog Hop is focussing on a deep muted blue called Misty Moonlight. Misty Moonlight is part of the 2020 - 2022 In Colour Family and is a delightful blue. I so love this blue which works beautifully with various colours including Bermuda Bay and Gorgeous Grape. 

Misty Moonlight is produced in Stampin' Up!'s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads & re-inkers); Stampin' Write Markers; Stampin' Blends and the 2020-2022 In Colour Designer Series Papers as well as Tidings of Christmas, Hand-Penned, Beauty of the Earth and Pattern Party Host Designer Series Papers. It is also part of the Flowers for Every Season Ribbon Combo Pack, 2020-2022 In Colour Square Gems and the Dandy Garden and Hand-Penned Memories & More Packs; as well as the Christmas Whimsy Card Kit. The cards below simply have used Misty Moonlight Card-stock, Classic Stampin' ink and a Stampin' Write Marker plus a range of other non-MM bits and pieces.

Here are my cards showcasing Misty Moonlight:

Both cards have used the wet-on-wet water-colour technique with the same Classic Stampin' inks and the same Christmas sentiment stamp set For Unto Us. And yet they are different card designs. Similar but different.

CARD 1:

Half a piece of Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper was water-coloured with Misty Moonlight, Gorgeous Grape and Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' inks. The wide brush Water Painter first applied water to the watercolor paper, starting with water in the centre section. Misty Moonlight ink was added and spread around and partially dried with a Heat Gun. Water was applied to the LHS with added Bermuda Bay ink. The same process occurred on the other side with some Gorgeous Grape ink applied. Again it was partially dried with a Heat Gun and then put aside to dry fully.

The water-coloured panel was embossed with Evergreen Forrest 3D Embossing Folder. Some White Craft ink was spattered over the embossed water-coloured panel. Die cut trees, using the Majestic Mountain dies, were cut from Basic White card-stock and adhered at the centre trunks to the water-colour background.

This panel was mounted to a slightly larger piece of Basic White card-stock and then to a Misty Moonlight card base. A sentiment from the For Unto Us stamp set was stamped in Versamark ink onto Misty Moonlight card-stock and then heat embossed with White Emboss Powder and a Heat Gun. I wanted the sentiment to be long and thin and thought the greeting still worked without the 3rd line, so fussy cut it out.

A piece of Glittery White Organdy Ribbon was cut in half lengthwise and looped in place and attached with Glue Dots in a position that would be covered with the sentiment. The sentiment was adhered in place with Dimensionals. A number of stars from the Cute Stars Adhesive-backed Sequins were added as the final touch.

Some left over water-coloured paper (from the second card) was cut into strips and adhered to the Basic White card inner at each end. The card inner was also stamped with a different sentiment in Misty Moonlight ink.  The C6 Basic White Envelope was stamped in Misty Moonlight ink with the sentiment used on the card front.

CARD 2:

While I could have also used the emboss resist technique, I decided to water-colour first and then, when the panel was dry, to heat emboss the sentiment to the water-coloured panel. The panel of Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper was water-coloured with Misty Moonlight ink and then Bermuda Bay and Gorgeous Grape inks were added to either side - BB to the left and GG to the right.

Once the water-coloured panel was dry the sentiment was heat embossed with Versamark ink, White Emboss Powder and a Heat Gun. The panel was cut down with a Stitched Rectangle die and mounted to a slightly larger piece of Basic White card-stock and then to a piece of Misty Moonlight card-stock. This panel was splattered with both White Craft Ink and a Misty Moonlight Stampin Write Marker.

A piece of Basic White card-stock was embossed with the Merry Melody 3D Embossing Folder and then adhered to a Misty Moonlight card-base. It was splattered using a Misty Moonlight Stampin' Write Marker. A piece of Glittered White Organdy Ribbon was folded in half and wrapped around the mounted water-coloured panel. The panel was then popped up on Dimensionals and centred on the dry embossed background.

The second part of the sentiment "Glory to the newborn King" was heat embossed onto an off cut from the die cut water-coloured panel. The off cut was trimmed down with the Trimmer and partially fussy cut. The remaining half piece of Glittered Organdy Ribbon (the other half was used on the previous card) was also swished & looped, and held in place with Glue Dots. The extra sentiment was popped up on Dimensionals over the swish of Glittered Organdy Ribbon. A number of the Fresh Freesia 2021-2023 In Colour Jewels were scattered around to add an extra touch of shimmer. 

Another piece of left over water-coloured paper was cut into strips and adhered to the Basic White card inner at the top and bottom. The card inner was stamped with a different sentiment in Misty Moonlight ink.  The C6 Basic White Envelope was stamped in Misty Moonlight ink with the same sentiment as used on the card inner.

Thank you so much for dropping by. I do value that you spent time with me.

If you live in Australia, don't already have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator and would like your own copy of Stampin' Up's 2021-2022 Annual Catalogue and or the new January - June 2022 Mini Catalogue then let me know and I will be delighted to send them to you.  Please don't hesitate to make contact with any other queries about these projects or Stampin' Up!. 

There is more Misty Maoonlight creativity. To continue with the blog hop, click on the "next" graphic below to be taken to the blog of the lovely, Theresa Gerrard. As always, I am looking forward to checking out Theresa's creation and everyone else's. I do love seeing everyones' projects - so many ideas and such great inspiration.

Hope to see you next year on Wednesday 5th January when we will be featuring another versatile colour Mossy Meadows when we recommence the weekly Colour Creations blog hops for 2022.

Stay well, stay safe and be kind to yourself and others. Sending blessings for a wonderful Christmas season and New Year.

Andrea 💕🐾

  

If you find a broken link or have come to this blog hop from a different entry point, you can view the full list of participants on Catherine Proctor’s blog, our amazing AWHT Colour Creations Coordinator.  I so appreciate all Cathy has done and continues to do to coordinate this blog hop each week. She is such a special lady. Check out her delightful creation while you are there.

#colourcreationsbloghop  #colourcreationsbloghop2021  #stampinup  #artwithheartteam #foruntous

Art With Heart Creative Showcase - December 2020

December's Creative Showcase with Dragonfly Garden & Seaside View

Hi. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the December Art with Heart Creative Showcase - our last monthly blog hop for 2020.

The theme this month is "Summer", which is a theme with so much potential. For me, summer makes me think of happy & bright colours, of flowers and flying insects like butterflies and dragonflies. My first card was inspired by these elements. Summer also makes me think of relaxing and enjoying a meal or a cuppa outside with friends in view of beautiful scenery. My second card shows a seaside view, where I would love to be sitting, sipping a drink and looking out at the little sailing boat in the distance.

I created the first card with yesterday's Art with Heart Colour Creations Showcase in mind, where we were focussing on a gorgeous In Colour, Misty Moonlight. However, I then realised that with unexpected demands on my time, I didn't think I would be able to create another card for this Monthly Creative Showcase, so I saved the dragonfly card for this Blog Hop. Then ... I woke up this morning with a card design buzzing around in my head. I had to give it a go ... and the second card was created. As you can see the colour schemes are similar and the layouts similar, but different.

CARD 1: A piece of one of the Misty Moonlight designs from the Dandy Garden 6"x6" Designer Series Paper was adhered to the lower half of the Whisper White card-stock card front, prior to the card front being dry embossed with the Tasteful Textile 3D embossing folder. I love the effect of this subtle texture on both the card-stock and DSP. A piece of Misty Moonlight 2020 - 2022 In Colour ribbon was attached at the centre, covering the edge of the DSP. This card front was then adhered directly to the Misty Moonlight card-stock card base.

The floral stamp from the Dragonfly Garden stamp set was repeatedly stamped across a piece of Whisper White card-stock gradually increasing the height of the top flower. Using one of the new Blending Brushes, Seaside Spray Classic Stampin' ink was lightly applied at the base  over the flowers, softening out to no colour near the top. The Blending Brush was a delight to use. This stamped piece was mounted onto a piece of Misty Moonlight card-stock leaving a thin boarder. A piece of White twine from the Snail Mail Combo pack was wrapped twice around the panel and tied in a bow. This panel was centred on the card front and attached with  Dimensionals. 

A dragonfly from the stamp set was stamped in Misty Moonlight ink on a scrap piece of Whisper White card-stock. The dragonfly wings were coloured with Light & Dark Melon Mambo Blends and the Colour Lifter used to soften the colour out on the wing tips. The dragonfly was cut out using the Dragonflies punch and another 2 dragonflies were punched out of Vellum. The coloured and vellum dragonflies were layered on top of each other, and adhered just at the upper body to enable fluttering dimension to the wings.

A sentiment from the Dragonfly Garden stamp set was stamped in Versamark onto Misty Moonlight card-stock and heat embossed using White Stampin' Emboss powder. The sentiment strip was given a flag end using the Banners Pick a Punch. I love this punch as I find it hard to get an even flag end without it. A strip of Melon Mambo card-stock was added under the lower edge of the sentiment strip. This strip was popped up on Dimensionals over the twine. The dragonfly was adhered in place and a few clear Elegant Faceted Gems were added as a finishing touch.

The floral spray from the Dragonfly Garden stamp set also was stamped in Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' ink on the Whisper White card inner to bring an aspect of the card front to the centre. The same flowers were stamped on the C6 Whisper White envelope.

CARD 2: As mentioned, I woke this morning with a card design buzzing around in my head. I had to give it a go, although the card did evolve along the creative process. I love Misty Moonlight with a pop of Melon Mambo as a colour scheme and so kept a similar colour combination, though added some neutrals as required by the stamped scene. I had thought of inking the stamp with Stampin' Write Markers but found my eyes were missing details so decided to colour the image with Stampin' Blends instead.

The larger scene from the Seaside View stamp set was stamped in Gray Granite Classic Stampin' ink on Shimmery White card-stock. The scene was coloured using Light & Dark Stampin' Blends, specifically Misty Moonlight, Melon Mambo, Crumb Cake, Pool Party, Seaside Spray, Daffodil Delight, Just Jade, Old Olive, Gray Granite and of course the Colour Lifter. The scene was trimmed down using one of the Stitched Rectangle dies. The panel was mounted on Seaside Spray card-stock, leaving a tiny boarder.

A piece of Whisper White card-stock was dry embossed with the delightful Seabed 3D embossing folder and adhered directly to the Seaside Spray card-stock card base. A strip of Misty Moonlight card-stock was stamped with palm trees in Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' ink. Misty Moonlight twine from the Flowers for Every Season Combo pack was tied around this strip of stamped card-stock finishing with a bow. It was adhered with Dimensionals to the card front.

The coloured panel was centralised and popped up on Dimensionals. A sentiment from the same stamp set was stamped in Versamark on Seaside Spray card-stock and heat embossed with White Emboss powder. A strip of Melon Mambo card-stock was added underneath the sentiment strip with a thin strip of Melon Mambo showing underneath the sentiment. The sentiment strip was popped up with Dimensionals. As with card 1, a few clear Elegant Faceted Gems were added as a finishing touch. These gems are soooo gorgeous.

Palm trees and a sentiment from the Seaside View stamp set were stamped in Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' ink on the Whisper White card inner. A thin strip of Misty Moonlight card-stock was adhered near the bottom of the card inner. Palm trees were also stamped on the C6 Whisper White envelope.

Thank you for visiting the Valley Inspirations blog. I really appreciate you spending time with me on my blog as part of the Art with Heart "Summer" themed projects blog hop. I hope you have been inspired in some way. I have really enjoyed creating these cards to share with you.

I am so blessed to be apart of such a talented team. Knowing each of my colleagues in this Creative Showcase, I am sure that they have amazing "Summer" projects to share with you. Don't miss checking out each of their blogs. Rachel is our brilliant host of the Art with Heart Monthly Creative Showcase, so if you haven't finished visiting all of the team's amazing creations, you can visit/revisit Rachel's page at Handstamped by Rachel, where she hosts all the links to the other Showcase participants. I'm certainly looking forward to checking out everyone's creations and always find inspiration.

I hope you join us again next year when our first Showcase will be featuring new products from the new January - June Mini Catalogue. There are so many gorgeous products in this catalogue. 

Please don't hesitate to contact me if you are in Australia and would like a copy of the  Stampin' Up! 2020-2021 Annual Catalogue or the January - June Mini Catalogue; or if you have any queries that I could help with. Also, if you are interested in buying Stampin' Up! products, I would delighted to serve you.

Take care of yourself and your loved ones. I hope you stay safe, stay heathy and stay sane.

Have a wonderful Christmas and New Year.

Andrea 😘

Art with Heart Colour Creations Showcase - #28 Misty Moonlight

Misty Moonlight with Snowflake Wishes

Hello. Welcome to Valley Inspirations with Andrea and the 28th 2020 Colour Creations Showcase by members of the Art with Heart Team - our second to last one for the year.

This week we are focussing on a gorgeous blue called Misty Moonlight. It is one of the 2020-2021 In Colours and is a softer muted blue. Misty Moonlight can be found in Stampin' Up!s card-stock, both A4 & 12"x12"; Classic Stampin' inks (ink pads, re-inkers); Stampin' Write Markers; Stampin' Blends; numerous Designer Series Papers, including Flowers for Every Season DSP, Memories & More Cards pack, Cards & Envelopes packs, the Boho Indigo Product Medley, In Colour ribbon & Enamel Dots + much more. It is a delightful colour!

I had a couple of design ideas but as I was driving home after an appointment a couple of days ago I saw a banner out of the corner of my eye that inspired the card for tonight's Colour Creations Showcase. Having said that, if you were to look at the card near the banner, you may not recognise the inspiration I saw as the design evolved further during the development of the card. I also created a second card for this Showcase but have decided to use it for tomorrow's blog hop as time is running out and I suspect that I won't have an opportunity to work up the 2 designs that are floating in my brain. Do check back tomorrow to see a different Misty Moonlight inspired card.

I still need some more Christmas cards - how about you? This card is simple and I plan to create a few more using differing colour combinations.

First, a piece of Shimmery White card-stock was heat embossed, stamping the two small snowflake flurries from the Snowflake Wishes stamp set with Versamark and embossed with White Stampin' Emboss powder. 

Using Sponge Brayers, Misty Moonlight, Seaside Spray and Soft Sea Foam Classic Stampin' ink was applied with each colour overlapping the adjacent colour. After adding the colour, there were some spaces without snowflakes so I stamped and heat embossed some of the small flurries over the brayered card front. These snowflakes aren't as crisp and white as those applied before adding the colour. It was a good experiment to see the difference.

The card front was mounted on Whisper White card-stock leaving a thin boarder and then mounted onto the Misty Moonlight card base. A sentiment from the same stamp set was white heat embossed on Misty Moonlight card-stock and then mounted with a thin boarder of Whisper White card-stock. The sentiment was popped up on Dimensionals in the centre of the card front. Snowflakes from the So Many Snowflake dies were cut from Whisper White card-stock and 3 snowflakes were added to the card with some gorgeous Blue Adhesive-backed Gems in the centre of the white die cut snowflakes. I was delighted to see that the Snowflake Wishes stamp set, So Many Snowflakes dies and the Blue Adhesive Backed Gems are all carrying over. They all are a joy to create with and provide so much inspiration.

I was a bit carried away with the snowflake flurries stamped in Seaside Spray and Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin' ink on the Whisper White card inner - but that won't stop me writing my personalised greetings. The snow flurries were also stamped on the flap of a C6 Whisper White envelope.

Do come back tomorrow to see my other Misty Moonlight summery creation.

Catherine Proctor is our wonderful host of the Art with Heart Colour Creations Showcase. If you haven't finished visiting all of the team's colour creations, you can visit/revisit Catherine's page at What Cathy Made, where she hosts all the links to the other Showcase participants. Thank you so much Cathy for coordinating this Colour Creations Showcase this year - you are a Champion. I'm looking forward to checking out everyone's Misty Moonlight creations. It is always inspiring to see the amazing projects created by my colleagues.

I hope to see you again next week when members of the team will share projects that hero Mossy Meadow. This is another fantastic colour.

I hope all your Christmas preparations are going well. Do look after yourself and your loved ones. Stay well, stay safe and be kind to yourself and others in these strange times. 

Andrea 💕🐾

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